Monstrous deal.... have heard as much as 8 years, $13.8 million cap hit... but the Oilers NEED to get it done. Huge for team. The highest paid player in the NHL last season was Nathan MacKinnon ($16.5M). Draisaitl's teammate Connor McDavid ($12.5 million cap hit) is in line for an extension next summer before he enters the eighth and final year of his current contract.

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